Anguttaranikaya 5.5.1.3.205

5.5.1.3.205

Pañcame cetokhilāti cittassa thaddhabhāvā, kacavarabhāvā, khāṇukabhāvā. Satthari kaṅkhatīti satthu sarīre vā guṇe vā kaṅkhati. Sarīre kaṅkhamāno ‘‘dvattiṃsavarapurisalakkhaṇapaṭimaṇḍitaṃ nāma sarīraṃ atthi nu kho natthī’’ti kaṅkhati, guṇe kaṅkhamāno ‘‘atītānāgatapaccuppannajānanasamatthaṃ sabbaññutaññāṇaṃ atthi nu kho natthī’’ti kaṅkhati. Vicikicchatīti vicinanto kicchati, dukkhaṃ āpajjati, vinicchetuṃ na sakkoti. Nādhimuccatīti evametanti adhimokkhaṃ na paṭilabhati. Na sampasīdatīti guṇesu otaritvā nibbicikicchabhāvena pasīdituṃ anāvilo bhavituṃ na sakkoti. Ātappāyāti kilesasantāpakavīriyakaraṇatthāya. Anuyogāyāti punappunaṃ yogāya. Sātaccāyāti satatakiriyāya. Padhānāyāti padahanatthāya. Ayaṃ paṭhamo cetokhiloti ayaṃ satthari vicikicchāsaṅkhāto paṭhamo cittassa thaddhabhāvo evametassa bhikkhuno appahīno hoti.

In the fifth: 'mental wildernesses': states of rigidity of mind, states of rubbish-like mind, states of stump-like mind. 'Doubts the Teacher': doubts regarding the Teacher's physical body or regarding his qualities. Doubting regarding the physical body, he doubts: 'Does a physical body adorned with the thirty-two marks of an excellent man truly exist or not?' Doubting regarding his qualities, he doubts: 'Does an omniscient knowledge capable of knowing past, future, and present truly exist or not?' 'Hesitates': examining, he is troubled, falls into distress, and cannot decide. 'Does not make up his mind': does not obtain the resolution, 'This is so.' 'Does not become clearly confident': having entered into his qualities, he is unable to become confident and untroubled by way of doubtlessness. 'For ardor': for making effort that burns up the defilements. 'For devotion': for repeated application. 'For perseverance': for continuous action. 'For striving': for the purpose of exerting. 'This is the first mental wilderness': this first state of rigidity of mind, known as doubt in the Teacher, is thus unabandoned in this monk.